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Planning area in Roscommon

Drumshanbo

Schools in County Roscommon in this planning area.

This planning area also covers 1 school in Leitrim. See the whole planning area

Other planning areas in Roscommon Roscommon · 14 Athlone · 10 Boyle · 7 Castlerea · 9 Ballaghadereen · 8 Ballinasloe · 4 Elphin · 5 Strokestown · 5 Longford–Newtownforbes · 3 Carrick-on-Shannon · 4 Ballygar · 6 Ballyhaunis · 3 Lanesboro · 3 Dunmore · 1
Schools
5
of 87 in Roscommon
Pupils
106
1% of Roscommon's pupils
Since 2015/16
−17.8%
129 pupils in 2015/16
Average school size
21.2
Roscommon: 91.4
Average class size
10.60
Roscommon: 20.55

Each year counts the schools in this planning area today, plus any that closed from 2023/24. Dotted lines bridge 1983/84 to 1992/93. 1974/75 is left out because that year's source file is missing five counties.

Earlier years are incomplete

The Department's files only record planning areas from 2023/24, so schools that closed or amalgamated before then aren't counted in any area. The further back you go, the more pupils are missing, and an amalgamation can look like a sudden rise. Across County Roscommon, schools with no planning area had 13.4% of pupils in 2015/16, 15.0% in 2005/06 and 34.9% in 1975/76. Known data issues

Pupils

106

−18 on 2024/25

1975/762025/26

Schools

5

5 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average pupils per school

21.2

57.6 in 1975/76

1975/762025/26

Average class size

10.60

−0.67 on 2024/25

2006/072025/26

Pupils in these schools

Junior infants, girls and boys, and Irish-medium schools over time, for the same schools as the trends above.

Area figures by year (CSV) Each school by year (CSV)

Junior infants

Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 10 in 2025/26, −8 on 2024/25.

Girls and boys

From 1976/77: earlier files don't split every school's pupils into girls and boys.

Irish-medium schools

No school in this area teaches all subjects through Irish.

Growing and falling since 2015/16

Each school's change in pupils over 10 years, from 2015/16 to 2025/26. A change of 10% or more either way counts as growing or falling.

Every school's change

5 schools with figures for both years

4fell by 10% or more
0within 10%
1grew by 10% or more
Down 25% or more · 4Down 10 to 25% · 0Within 10% · 0Up 10 to 25% · 0Up 25% or more · 1

Sort the table below by the change column to see which schools grew or fell most.

Class sizes

Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.

Average class size
10.60
Mainstream classes
10
Classes of 30 or more
0
Schools with a class of 30+
0

Teachers

Teachers in the 5 mainstream primary schools here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.

How we count teachers
Class teachers in 2025/26
10
No change since 2006/07, while pupils fell 25%
Teaching posts in 2025/26
about 13
Estimate: 10 class teachers, 0 principals and deputies, 3 special education and 0 special class teachers
Teachers in 2015/16
11
The Department's last count of every teacher
Since 2024/25
0 / 1
0 schools gained a class teacher, 1 lost one

Class teachers since 2006/07

One for each mainstream class, every school year

Schools

5 schools, largest first.

Change over

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Roll number
S N Cill RonainBoyle 06100K 37
+76.2%
2 18.50 20 0
Strabaggan N SCara Droma Ruisg 19257S 25
−26.5%
2 12.50 16 0
S N Naomh PadraigBoyle 13978B 22
−29.0%
2 11.00 12 0
S N Lasair NaofaCarrick on Shannon 17622F 13
−40.9%
2 6.50 8 0
S N Naomh MhuireCarrick-on-Shannon 17709R 9
−57.1%
2 4.50 6 0